Karey was born and raised on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Her love of traveling has taken her to the Philippines, London and Aniak, a remote village in the Alaskan Bush. She developed a liking for Native Alaskan art, especially the baskets woven by the Yupik Natives. 

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After 25 years of service, Karey retired from a career at North Tahoe Public Utility District. Taking advantage of retirement, she embarks on a journey into basket weaving,  incorporating found pieces of wood and bark, feathers, antique buttons, jewelry, beads and gemstones into her baskets and gourds. Karey is sharing her art, hoping that you enjoy it as much as she enjoys creating it!

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Beth is a contemporary mixed media artist whose work is a fusion of encaustic wax, cut and torn paper, and various mark-making materials. Inspired by nature and guided by intuitive processes, her artwork is a visual dialogue with the natural world. Beth's studio art practice mirrors her life, where nature serves as both muse and mentor. Her art is filled with depth, motion, wonder, and connection to nature.

 

In addition to her visual art practice, Beth is a board-certified art therapist and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor based in Central Vermont, utilizing art as a tool for healing and self-expression. Through her private practice, she provides compassionate, therapeutic support to children and adults, offering a safe and nurturing space for individuals to explore their emotions, process life experiences, and cultivate personal growth through creative processes.

Kristine is an illustrator and designer with a passion for portraits and botanicals. She currently resides in the high desert wonderland of Reno, NV. This is an inspiring place for someone with a fascination of the desert landscape, and an affinity for the cool, dark forest and the shimmering waters of alpine lakes. Being a part of this world between worlds offers her the environment to fuel her botanical passions. She is all about soaking in the details, a trait she pours into her designs and illustrations. She teaches through her love of watercolors and nature, enriching others by encouraging creative exploration, attunement to the cycles of our environment and inspiring beauty through simple moments of self care.

 

Nick is a basket weaver, natural foods chef, green wood carver, and all around multi-talented craftsman. Over the last decade, he has studied various traditional crafts, wilderness skills, deep nature connection, permaculture, and rites of passage. 

 

Nick currently works as a full-time carpenter, is the co-founder of Hearth Folk School, and lives in Clio, CA with his wife and two sons. He's been teaching willow basketry and green woodworking for many years, and loves sharing craft with others.

Lily started sewing her own wardrobe in 2020 after receiving a few classes of proper sewing instruction. She loves sewing selvedge denim jeans and pearl-snap button down shirts. Her fiber art repertoire includes quilting, natural dying, basket weaving, beading and embroidery. 

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When she’s not in front of her sewing machine, she’s writing stories about floodplain restoration and sharing her love of California’s ecology. Lily is a copywriter and marketing specialist for the non-profit River Partners and the president of the Mill Creek Conservancy. She lives in Los Molinos, CA near the Sacramento River. 

Rebecca Shelly was trained in oil painting at the Maine College of Art. She later pursued her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Contemporary Arts Practices at Portland State University.

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She has taught at California State University, Chico, and Butte College in their Art Departments. In Spring 2020, she was given the Fiber Arts course to teach. She quickly added  weaving, spinning and natural dyeing to her skill set.

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She did not realize that this would turn into her own business, Weft and Willow Fiber Arts Studio. She hosts workshops, a YouTube Channel, and opportunities for gathering together.

Jeri is a fiber artist and founder of 5080 Camp for Artisans and Crafters.  Surrounded by fiber arts from an early age, she is fluent in many of these domestic hand skills.  For some strange reason, she choose  business school over art school.

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She created 5080 Camp for Artisans & Crafters to support the creative pastimes that are essential to a well-balanced life and build a community for those seeking craft education.

Oliver began blowing glass at the Crucible in Oakland, CA when he was 15 years old. He went on to earn degrees in Scientific Glass Technology and Glass Art at the Salem Glass Center in New Jersey. 

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After eight years working with functional glass artists and lighting designers in Philidelphia, he returned to northern California to establish his own glass hotshop.

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His intuitive craftsmanship and engineering skills are further put to work building custom cabinetry for the Truckee Tahoe region.

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You are passionate about your craft. Your happiest moments are spent thinking about your craft, dreaming up new designs, experimenting with new faucets of it and making lots of it. Talking about it animates you. You can spent all day immersed in your craft. You walk gently on the earth and love working outside.  Your craft is made by hand using simple tools and natural materials. You are excited to share your skills and coax emerging ideas from your students. 

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